Telephone-receiver support.



A. H. DRAKE.

TELEPHONE RECEIVER SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED mmzs, 1914.

1, 142,804, r Patented June 15, 1915.

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A.H1DHAKE TELEPHONE RECEIVER SUPPORT.

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ALBERT HEWITT DRAKE, OF WATERLOO, IOWA.

TELEPHGNE-REGEIVER SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed January 28, 1914. Serial No. 814,945.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT H. DRAKE, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of l/Vaterloo, in thecounty of Blackhawk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and ImprovedTelephone-Receiver Support, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to improvements in supporting devices fortelephone receivers,

and has for an object to provide an improved cured in suitable ways to asupport, whereby the clamping portion of the arm may be clamped so as tohold the receiver in proper position adjacent the car when a person isspeaking. This supporting arm may be of a number of forms withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention, as for instance the same maybe a pivoted arm arranged to depress the telephone receiver hook when inone position and adapted to hold the receiver when in another position.A differ ent form may be provided in which the arm is formed with aknuckle-joint, whereby when the arm is folded the same will depress thetelephone receiver hook, and when the arm is extended the telephonereceiver hook will be released and the receiver will be arrangedadjacent the ear of the speaker.

When an arm is provided for what is known as a desk telephone, asuitable clamping support is also provided which holds the arm in placeand permits the parts thereof to properly swing so as to allow the armto depress the receiver hook when folded, and to hold the receiveradjacent the ear of the speaker when the arm is unfolded.

. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a telephonewith an arm embodying the invention applied thereto;

'Fig. 2'is a view similar to Fig. 1, the same disclosing a slightlymodified form of the invention; Fig. 8 is a front View of the upper partofthe showing of Fig. 1, the arm being broken away; Fig. 4 is a sideview of a telephone with a modified form of the invention appliedthereto; Fig. 5 is a side View of a desk telephone with an embodiment ofthe invention shown applied thereto; Fig. 6

is a top plan view of the showing in Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a side View of a further modified form of the invention tothat shown in Figs. 2 and 4:; Fig. 8 is another modified form of theinvention; Fig. 9 is a modified. form of the invention to that show-11inFig. 5; Fig. 10 is a top plan view of the device shown in Fig. 9,andFig. 11 is a fragrnentary top plan view of the structure shown inFig. 8.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals 1 indicates atelephone of any desired kind provided with the usual mouthpiece 2 andreceiver 3. Receiver 3 has associated therewith the usual receiver hookwhich operates a switch for turning-0n and off the telephone.

The particular construction of the telephone is no part of the presentinvention, but several types have been shown in the drawing merely forthe purpose of illustration, to show the adaptability of the invention,which is the provision of a supporting member for a telephone receiver.In using an ordinary telephone under ordinary circumstances, it isnecessaryto hold the receiver by one hand adjacent the ear, andconsequently there will only be one hand free for other purposes. Byproviding a support which will hold the re ceiver adjacent the ear bothhands will be freed from the very tiresome work of holding the receiverwhile talking and thereby make the speech of the person morenatural.

In Fig. lit will be observed that the arm 5 is pivotally mounted at 6 onthe telephone 1, and. is divided into sections 7 and 8, section 7 beingdesigned to rest against hook 4 when section 8 is moved to aninoperative or folded position. Whenever section 7 rests upon hook 4 thesame is depressed, and consequently the telephone is shut off ordisconnected from the line. Section 8 is connected with section 7 by apivotal pin 9, and is limited in its pivotal movement by a pin 10 actingas a stop which pin alternately engages section 8 in notches 11 and 12.The outer end of the section 8 is provided with a seat 13 for receivingthe receiver 3; and clamping arms lt for clamping receiver 3 on to seat13, whereby the receiver is held on arm 5, and arm 5 in turn operateshook 4.

1n operation,'when it is desired to use the telephone, arm 4 is adjustedto the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. 7 As section 8 is swungoutwardly and section 7 raised, hook 4 will be raised and the telephoneswitched into the circuit in the usual manner. In order that the arm mayremain in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, section7 ismoved over the stop 15 which is secured to telephone 1, and which isprovided with a hook member 16 for preventing the accidental removal ofsection 7. When the device is in the position shown in dotted lines inFig. 1 the telephone may be used in the usual manner, that is, anyonemay speak into the mouthpiece 2, and may listen to the message throughthe receiver 3, the receiver 3 being positioned adjacent the car.

In Fig. 2 a slightly modified form of the invention will be seen inwhich the arm 17 is solid, whereby the receiver 3 is always heldextended. The arm 17 rests upon hook 4 when the telephone is not in use,and is forced over into the stop 15 when the telephone is in use. As theparticular construction of arm 17 is the only difference between thisstructure and that shown in Fig. 1 no additional description will beadded.

In Fig. 4 another form of the invention is shown in which the receiverarm 18 is rigidly secured to the telephone 1 by screws or other means sothat arm 13 is held against movement but provides a supporting memherfor receiving the receiver 3, which receiver may be taken off hook 4 andplaced in clamps 14 at any time. This form of the invention requiresthat the receiver be removed from the hook in the usual manner butinstead of being held by the hand at a point adjacent the ear thereceiver is placed in clamps 14 and is supported by arm 18, thus leavingboth hands free for use in any desired manner. After the operator isthrough speaking it is necessary to remove receiver 3 from clamps 14 andagain place the receiver on hook 4. In the form shown in Figs. 1, and 2,it is not necessary to remove the receiver but merely to shift theposition of the supporting arms.

In Figs. 5 and 6 another form of the invention is disclosed which,however, is similar to the structure shown in Fig. 1 except that it isadapted for a desk telephone. The

desk telephone 1 is provided with a supporting standard 19 of the usualconstruction around which is clamped a supporting member 20 providedwith ears 21 and 22 for receiving the bolts or rivets 23, which bolts orrivets connect the supporting frame 24 to member 20. The supportingframe 24 is provided with an. extension through which the bolts 23 passand with a body 25 on which are pivotally mounted lugs 26 and 27. Arm 5is also pivotally mounted at 28 on body 25. Lugs 26 and 27 are pivotallyconnected together at 29, and are provided with steps 30 and 31,respectively, for limiting the various movements of sections 7 and 8.hen it is desired to use the telephone arm 5 is straightened out, asshown in full lines in Fig. 5, but when it is desired to shut off thetelephone the receiver 3 is pushed over to the dotted position shown inFig. 5, and the sections 7 and 8 will assume the dotted position shownin Fig. 5, wherein section 7 rests upon hook 4 and depresses the same,while section 8 rests against stop 31. To use the telephone it is onlynecessary to move the receiver and sections 7 and 8 from the dottedposition shown in Fig. 5, to the full position, which movement issubstantially an outward movement of the receiver. By thus arranging theparts a back and forth movement provides for adjusting the receiveradjacent the ear and then adjusting the receiver so that the weightthereof will cause hook 4 to be depressed. It will be observed that whenthe arm 5 is in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 5 section 8rests against stop 30, while section 7 presses against stop 31, wherebythe sections are held in alinement. It is evident that the clampingmember 20 could be arranged at any desired height on standard 19 so asto cause section 7 of arm 5 to properly engage hook 4.

In Fig. 7 will be seen a slightly modified form of the invention to thatshown in Fig. 1 wherein the various parts are similar to that shown inFig. 1 except that the section 8 is provided with a special form ofreceiver 32 which is arranged with an earpiece 33 eX- tending at rightangles to the body 34 of the receiver. The body 34 is rigidly secured tosection 8 of arm 5 so that the clamps 14 of the preferred form of theinvention are not necessary in this construction.

In Figs. 8 and 11 will be observed a slightly modified form to thatshown in Fig. 5 wherein a bracket is formed with bent-over portions 41and 42, the bent-over portion 42 providing means by which screws orother securing means may be used for holding the bracket in place. Theturnedover portion 42 acts as a stop for the pivotlly mounted arm 43,which arm has the re- 1 ceiver 3 arranged thereon, and is held in placeby suitable bands 44, which bands may be secured to the bent-overportion 45 of arm 43 by any suitable means, as for instance bolts 46. Bythis construction and arrangement the receiver may he held at a properplace, as shown in dotted lines in Fi 8, when talking, and when nottalking the receiver may be moved to a position out of the way with thearm 43 resting on the hook 4 so as to maintain the same in a loweredposition.

Figs. 9 and 10 will disclose a modified form of the invention to thatshown in Fig. 5, which form is of a simpler type. It will be observedthat in these figures the clamping member 20 is preferably held inposition by suitable rivets or bolts 23, and that one end of member 20is extended outwardly and forms a bracket 35 which has a lug 36 ofisetso as to project at right angles to the direction of bracket 35, wherebythe arm 38 may rest against the same. Arm 38 is pivoted at 39 to bracket35, whereby when arm 38 is resting against stop 36, the receiver 3 willbe adjacent the ear of the speaker, and when the telephone is not in usethe arm 38, together with receiver 3, is moved over to the dottedposition shown in Fig. 9, whereupon arm 38 will depress the hook 4.

It will be observed from the various slightly modified forms shown inthe drawing and description, the inventor contemplates the use of anykind of .a support for a telephone receiver, especially arms which maybe moved from one position to another. In forming these arms which maybe moved from one position to the other two diiferent types areprovided, one which swings from its pivotal support, and the other ofwhich has an intermediate joint or elbow structure, whereby the parts ofthe arm may be folded together or to a certain predetermined position.

What I claim is 1. In a telephone receiver support, the

combination with a telephone, of a bracket secured to said telephone, apairof links pivotally connected with said bracket, means for connectingthe'outer ends of said links together, a stop arranged on each of saidlinks, an arm pivotally mounted on said bracket adjacent the pivotalmounting of one of said links on said bracket, said arm extendingbetween said stops, means arranged on the outer end of said arm forsupporting a telephone receiver, said arm being formed in sections,means for pivotally connectingsaid sections at a point between saidstops whereby when the outer section of said arm rests on one of saidstops, said arm will be out of contact with the hook of said telephone,and when said outer section rests against the other of said stops theinner section of said arm will rest against said telephone hook anddepress the same, substantially all of the weight of said outer arm andsaid telephone receiver bearing on said inner arm when said outer arm isresting against said second mentioned sto 2 In a telephone receiversupport, the combination with a telephone, of a bracket secured to saidtelephone, a pair of links connected with said bracket. formed withstops, and a pivotally. mounted arm arranged on said bracket andextending be tween said stops, said arm being provided.

with means for receiving a telephone receiver, and with a'plvotal o1ntintermedlate the length, whereby part of the may be folded over' theremaining part, said bracket and said arm being so arranged as to causepart of said arm-to depress the, telephone hook of said telephonewhenthe parts 7 of the arm are folded. I

3. In a telephone receiver support, the combination with a telephone, ofa bracket secured to said telephone, an arm pivotally mounted on saidbracket and arranged to extend above and past the hook of saidtelephone, said arm being formed intoan inner will hold the innersectionagainst the lower, 7

side of one of said stops, while the outer section rests on the top ofthe other stop when the telephone is in use, and said outer sectionwill'rest against said first mentioned 1 stop whensaid telephone is notin use and said inner section will rest on said hook."

4. In a telephone receiver support, the

combination with a telephone, of a bracket secured to said telephone, apair of stops associated with said bracketfan arm pivotally mounted onsaid bracket, said arm extend ing over the hook of said telephone, saidarm being formed with a joint, said joint being arranged between saidstops so that when the arm is extended the inner end of the outersection rests on one of said stops and the outer end of the innersection rests against the other of said stops, and means for holding areceiver on the end of said I In testimony whereof Ihave signed my nameto this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. V

ALBERT HENI'IT DRAKE.

Witnesses: r

N. C. MORRISON,

M. E. HorsoN.

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